Longitudinal associations between personal identity and parenthood among finnish young adults

IF 3.4 2区 社会学 Q1 Medicine
Rasmus Mannerström , Florencia M. Sortheix , Lauri Hietajärvi , Katariina Salmela-Aro
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Fertility is declining rapidly across Western countries, and conventional factors (i.e., economic, cultural) seem insufficient in explaining the trend. The role of psychosocial factors, such as subjective perceptions of uncertainty, has gained importance in research. In this explorative study, we analysed for the first time the role of three personal identity processes from the Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS): commitment making, identification with commitment, and ruminative exploration, in becoming a parent in young adults. Using longitudinal survey data of Finnish young adults (measured at ages 22/25, 27/30, and 31/34; N = 657), our survival analyses showed that ruminative exploration decreased the likelihood of becoming a parent. The results support recent theories on the link between identity troubles and difficulties in entering and maintaining stable relationships and having children. In terms of practical implications, fertility will not be supported through progressive family policies alone. Instead, structural support of young people’s identity formation is needed. More broadly, the study guides future research into these questions.
芬兰年轻人个人认同与为人父母的纵向关联
西方国家的生育率正在迅速下降,而传统因素(即经济、文化)似乎不足以解释这一趋势。社会心理因素的作用,如对不确定性的主观感知,在研究中变得越来越重要。在这项探索性研究中,我们首次从身份发展量表(DIDS)的维度分析了三个个人身份过程:承诺制定、承诺认同和反思性探索,在年轻人成为父母中的作用。使用芬兰年轻人的纵向调查数据(22/25岁、27/30岁和31/34岁);N = 657),我们的生存分析表明,沉思探索降低了成为父母的可能性。研究结果支持了最近关于身份问题与难以建立、维持稳定关系和生育孩子之间联系的理论。就实际影响而言,不能仅仅通过进步的家庭政策来支持生育率。相反,需要对年轻人的身份形成提供结构性支持。更广泛地说,这项研究指导了未来对这些问题的研究。
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Advances in Life Course Research
Advances in Life Course Research SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
6.10
自引率
2.90%
发文量
41
期刊介绍: Advances in Life Course Research publishes articles dealing with various aspects of the human life course. Seeing life course research as an essentially interdisciplinary field of study, it invites and welcomes contributions from anthropology, biosocial science, demography, epidemiology and statistics, gerontology, economics, management and organisation science, policy studies, psychology, research methodology and sociology. Original empirical analyses, theoretical contributions, methodological studies and reviews accessible to a broad set of readers are welcome.
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